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Photo credit \u00a9 Marco Giugliarelli for the Civitella Ranieri Foundation 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Allison Amend was born in Chicago on a day when the Cubs beat the Mets 2-0. A graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, she is the author of the award-winning short story collection Things That Pass for Love<\/em> and the novels A Nearly Perfect Copy <\/em>and Stations West<\/em>, which was a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Oklahoma Book Award. Her most recent book, Enchanted Islands<\/em>, was on the longlist for the International Dublin Award. When she\u2019s not teaching creative writing at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York City, she can often be found at out-of-the-way museums (she spent two years visiting every museum in New York City, all 115 of them). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regal House Publishing is proud to bring you Allison Amend’s Wild Woman<\/em> in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allison Amend was born in Chicago on a day when the Cubs beat the Mets 2-0. A graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, she is the author of the award-winning short story collection Things That Pass for Love and the novels A Nearly Perfect Copy and Stations West, which was a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-14487","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9DpGh-3LF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14378,"url":"https:\/\/regalhousepublishing.com\/2025-petrichor-prize-longlist\/","url_meta":{"origin":14487,"position":0},"title":"2025 Petrichor Prize Longlist","author":"Jaynie","date":"August 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"We are delighted to announce this year's longlist for our Petrichor Prize: The Moms by KCTempest: The Story of Frances Anne Kemble by Melissa PritchardArmadillo Massacre Number Three by Katherine GiuffreIn the House of False Causes by Philip GolabukOur End is Where We Start by John TarltonThe Laundry Room by\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regalhousepublishing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/petrichorprize.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regalhousepublishing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/petrichorprize.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regalhousepublishing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/petrichorprize.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regalhousepublishing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/petrichorprize.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14212,"url":"https:\/\/regalhousepublishing.com\/donna-baier-stein\/","url_meta":{"origin":14487,"position":1},"title":"Donna Baier Stein","author":"Jaynie","date":"May 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"As a child, Donna Baier Stein wrote her first story, \u201cMelissa in Book World\u201d about a little girl who lived underwater in a world of books. 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